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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2006
James P. Axtell, Vancouver, WA (US);
Blair M. Kent, Vancouver, WA (US);
Jeffrey A. Nielsen, Vancouver, WA (US);
Manish Giri, Corvallis, OR (US);
Trudy Benjamin, Vancouver, WA (US);
David Lowe, Vancouver, WA (US);
Ronald R. Anderson, Corvalllis, OR (US);
Preston Seu, Sammish, WA (US);
James P. Axtell, Vancouver, WA (US);
Blair M. Kent, Vancouver, WA (US);
Jeffrey A. Nielsen, Vancouver, WA (US);
Manish Giri, Corvallis, OR (US);
Trudy Benjamin, Vancouver, WA (US);
David Lowe, Vancouver, WA (US);
Ronald R. Anderson, Corvalllis, OR (US);
Preston Seu, Sammish, WA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A fluid-ejection device includes a handheld and/or mountable enclosure, a pneumatic fitting, an electrical connector, and a controller. The pneumatic fitting extends from and/or through the enclosure and is receptive to placement of a tip thereon. The tip contains a supply of fluid, a fluid-ejection mechanism, and an electrical connector for the fluid-ejection mechanism. The electrical connector extends from and/or through the enclosure and is receptive to electrical coupling of the electrical connector of the tip. The controller is situated within the enclosure to cause the tip to eject the fluid via the electrical coupling of the electrical connectors of the tip and the fluid-ejection device.